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| Author | : Robert Lewis Jones |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 238 |
| Release | : 1973 |
| Genre | : Lead |
| ISBN | : |
"This bibliography contains 467 citations of lead as the element has been recorded to occur in agricultural ecosystems."--leaf 2.
| Author | : Devra Ivy Jarvis |
| Publisher | : Columbia University Press |
| Total Pages | : 520 |
| Release | : 2007 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 9780231136488 |
Describes how farmers manage, maintain, and benefit from biodiversity in agricultural production systems. Includes the most recent research and developments in the maintenance of local diversity at the genetic, species, and ecosystem levels.
| Author | : Dharmendra K. Gupta |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 207 |
| Release | : 2019-10-24 |
| Genre | : Science |
| ISBN | : 3030216381 |
This book examines the way that lead enters the biosphere and the subsequent environmental impact. The contributing authors include international experts who provide methods for assessing and characterizing the ecological risk of lead contamination of soil and plants. Information is provided on the consequences for human health as a result of lead pollution. This book reveals that approximately 98% of stable lead in the atmosphere originates from human activities. Lead in Plants and the Environment reports on methods for detecting, measuring, and assessing the concentration of lead in plants. The authors provide a method for the measurement of 210Pb isotopes in plants. This method can be applied extensively in different environmental settings, not only as a way of revealing sources of lead, but also as a way to monitor lead transport in plants and animals that ingest them. The chapters include coverage on the following topics: · Lead bioavailability in the environment and its exposure and effects · Radioanalytical methods for detecting and identifying trace concentrations of lead in the environment · Lead contamination and its dynamics in soil plant systems · Lead pollution monitoring and remediation through terrestrial plants in mesocosm constructed wetlands · A review of phytoremediation of lead This book is a valuable resource to students, academics, researchers, and environmental professionals doing field work on lead contamination throughout the world.
| Author | : Vinod Kumar |
| Publisher | : Agro Environ Media, Publication Cell of AESA, Agriculture and Environmental Science Academy, |
| Total Pages | : 283 |
| Release | : 2019-06-25 |
| Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
| ISBN | : 8194201705 |
The book entitled “Contaminants in Agriculture and Environment: Health Risks and Remediation” is focused on the emerging contaminants in agriculture and environment and it will be helpful for the researchers, academicians, scientists, UG and PG students and other stakeholders engaged in the field of agriculture and environmental studies. The contaminants of crops, vegetables, fruits, fishes, grains and pulses and their health effects and impact of pollutants on human/animal health, growth and productivity of agricultural crops.
| Author | : Jules N. Pretty |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 292 |
| Release | : 2012-06-25 |
| Genre | : Nature |
| ISBN | : 1136529276 |
Continued population growth, rapidly changing consumption patterns and the impacts of climate change and environmental degradation are driving limited resources of food, energy, water and materials towards critical thresholds worldwide. These pressures are likely to be substantial across Africa, where countries will have to find innovative ways to boost crop and livestock production to avoid becoming more reliant on imports and food aid. Sustainable agricultural intensification - producing more output from the same area of land while reducing the negative environmental impacts - represents a solution for millions of African farmers. This volume presents the lessons learned from 40 sustainable agricultural intensification programmes in 20 countries across Africa, commissioned as part of the UK Government's Foresight project. Through detailed case studies, the authors of each chapter examine how to develop productive and sustainable agricultural systems and how to scale up these systems to reach many more millions of people in the future. Themes covered include crop improvements, agroforestry and soil conservation, conservation agriculture, integrated pest management, horticulture, livestock and fodder crops, aquaculture, and novel policies and partnerships.
| Author | : Krishna Kumar Choudhary |
| Publisher | : Woodhead Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 482 |
| Release | : 2019-05-04 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 0128175222 |
Climate Change and Agricultural Ecosystems explains the causative factors of climate change related to agriculture, soil and plants, and discusses the relevant resulting mitigation process. Agricultural ecosystems include factors from the surrounding areas where agriculture experiences direct or indirect interaction with the plants, animals, and microbes present. Changes in climatic conditions influence all the factors of agricultural ecosystems, which can potentially adversely affect their productivity. This book summarizes the different aspects of vulnerability, adaptation, and amelioration of climate change in respect to plants, crops, soil, and microbes for the sustainability of the agricultural sector and, ultimately, food security for the future. It also focuses on the utilization of information technology for the sustainability of the agricultural sector along with the capacity and adaptability of agricultural societies under climate change. Climate Change and Agricultural Ecosystems incorporates both theoretical and practical aspects, and serves as base line information for future research. This book is a valuable resource for those working in environmental sciences, soil sciences, agricultural microbiology, plant pathology, and agronomy. Covers the role of chemicals fertilizers, environmental deposition, and xenobiotics in climate change Discusses the impact of climate change on plants, soil, microflora, and agricultural ecosystems Explores the mitigation of climate change by sustainable methods Presents the role of computational modelling in climate change mitigation
| Author | : Manoj Kumar Jhariya |
| Publisher | : Springer Nature |
| Total Pages | : 655 |
| Release | : 2021-03-07 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 981334203X |
Ecological intensification involves using natural resources such as land, water, soil nutrients, and other biotic and abiotic variables in a sustainable way to achieve high performance and efficiency in agricultural yield with minimal damage to the agroecosystems. With increasing food demand there is high pressure on agricultural systems. The concept of ecological intensification presents the mechanisms of ensuring high agricultural productivity by restoration the soil health and landscape ecosystem services. The approach involves the replacement of anthropogenic inputs with eco-friendly and sustainable alternates. Effective ecological intensification requires an understanding of ecosystems services, ecosystem's components, and flow of resources in the agroecosystems. Also, awareness of land use patterns, socio-economic factors, and needs of the farmer community plays a crucial role. It is therefore essential to understand the interaction of ecosystem constituents within the extensive agricultural landscape. The editors critically examined the status of ecological stress in agroecosystems and address the issue of ecological intensification for natural resources management. Drawing upon research and examples from around the world, the book is offering an up-to-date account, and insight into the approaches that can be put in practice for poly-cropping systems and landscape-scale management to increase the stability of agricultural production systems to achieve ‘Ecological resilience’. It further discusses the role of farmer communities and the importance of their awareness about the issues. This book will be of interest to teachers, researchers, climate change scientists, capacity builders, and policymakers. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for undergraduate and graduate students of agriculture, forestry, ecology, agronomy, soil science, and environmental sciences. National and international agricultural scientists, policymakers will also find this to be a useful read for green future.
| Author | : Mary R. Harris |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 250 |
| Release | : 1978 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
Current opinion on environmental contamination by lead is reviewed with particular reference to three major types of source, industrial and domestic. The implications for urban communities of continuous low-level exposure to lead are also examined in the light of recent research on the human response to lead at sub-critical levels. A significant contribution to environmental contamination arises from the lead smelting and refining industry, and the importance of this is examined by means of an actual case study. Using an interdisciplinary approach, a thorough investigation is made of the levels and distribution of lead in an agricultural ecosystem in West Yorkshire which is exposed to emissions from a secondary lead smelter. Comprehensive measurements were made of lead, and to a lesser extent of cadmium, in soils and vegetation surrounding the smelter; in addition, a permanent monitoring site was established in the area to measure fluctuations in the lead content of the ecosystem's major components. Topographical, climatological and hydrological factors were also examined in relation to the lead level measurements. A commercial wheat variety was grown and subsequently analysed to establish the probable morphological and physiological response of plants in general to soil and atmospheric lead burdens. The research shows that an integrated approach of this kind to heavy metal pollution is important in that it enables accurate identification of the parameters which can be used in a definitive monitoring programme. Furthermore, these are shown to be essential for the success of any procedures designed to control potential hazards associated with the industrial handling of lead.
| Author | : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
| Publisher | : Food & Agriculture Org. |
| Total Pages | : 156 |
| Release | : 2018-04-30 |
| Genre | : Technology & Engineering |
| ISBN | : 9251305056 |
This document presents key messages and the state-of-the-art of soil pollution, its implications on food safety and human health. It aims to set the basis for further discussion during the forthcoming Global Symposium on Soil Pollution (GSOP18), to be held at FAO HQ from May 2nd to 4th 2018. The publication has been reviewed by the Intergovernmental Technical Panel on Soil (ITPS) and contributing authors. It addresses scientific evidences on soil pollution and highlights the need to assess the extent of soil pollution globally in order to achieve food safety and sustainable development. This is linked to FAO’s strategic objectives, especially SO1, SO2, SO4 and SO5 because of the crucial role of soils to ensure effective nutrient cycling to produce nutritious and safe food, reduce atmospheric CO2 and N2O concentrations and thus mitigate climate change, develop sustainable soil management practices that enhance agricultural resilience to extreme climate events by reducing soil degradation processes. This document will be a reference material for those interested in learning more about sources and effects of soil pollution.
